Amorpha juglandis

Walnut sphinx

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Mimatini
Genus: Amorpha
J. Hübner, 1809
Species:
A. juglandis
Binomial name
Amorpha juglandis
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Cressonia Grote & Robinson, 1865
  • Specific
    • Sphinx juglandis J. E. Smith, 1797
    • Cressonia juglandis (J.E. Smith, 1797)
    • Laothoe juglandis (J.E. Smith, 1797)
    • Sphinx instibilis Martyn, 1797
    • Cressonia hyperbola Slosson, 1890
    • Cressonia robinsonii Butler, 1876
    • Smerinthus pallens Strecker, 1873
    • Cressonia juglandis subsp. alpina Clark, 1927
    • Cressonia juglandis subsp. manitobae Clark, 1930

Amorpha juglandis, the walnut sphinx, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Amorpha, which is in the family Sphingidae, erected by Jacob Hübner in 1809. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.

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